Writing Assignment – Motets and Madrigals

Briefly compare and contrast these two musical forms from the Renaissance: motets and madrigals. Listen to the Josquin Desprez motet and the madrigals of Weelkes and Jannequin and use them as examples for comparison. Your opinion is valuable. Please expand on what you read in the lesson and other sources.

Paraphrase the comparison and refer to the listening examples to help make your point. You will find some descriptions of the Jannequin madrigal in Topic 3: Words and Music, which appears in Lesson 11.